Miller version of Cold War Review

Question 1

_____________ gained control of the mainland and forced the nationalists to retreat to Taiwan.

Accepted Answer

Chinese Communists

Question 2

Collective defense treaty signed by the Soviet Union & its 7 Eastern Block satellite states.

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Warsaw Pact

Question 3

Stalin decided to gain control of West Berlin and blocked Western Allies access to the city.

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Berlin Airlift

Question 4

June 25, 1950, after US forces had left S. Korea what happened?

Accepted Answer

N.Korean forces attacked S. Korea across the 38th parallel.

Question 5

Who refused to give up her seat to a white man in Montgomery and was arrested in 1955?

Accepted Answer

Rosa Parks

Question 6

A failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA in 1961.

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Bay of Pigs

Question 7

It is a geopolitical strategy to stop the expansion of an enemy.

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Containment

Question 8

USSR exploded its first atomic bomb in 1949 as an example of the .

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Arms race

Question 9

Competition between the Soviet Union and the US for dominance in spaceflight capability.

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Space race

Question 10

American initiative to aid Western Europe with economic assistance to rebuild their economies.

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Marshall Plan

Question 11

A competition between two or more states to have superior armed forces and armaments.

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Arms race

Question 12

It symbolized the efforts by the Soviet Union to block itself from open contact with the West.

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Iron Curtain

Question 13

A state with a dominant position that is characterized by its extensive ability to influence the world.

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superpower

Question 14

Alliance between North America & European countries to provide a system of collective defense.

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NATO

Question 15

American policy to contain Communisim & counter Soviet expansion during the Cold War by providing armaments.

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Truman Doctrine

Question 16

A period of hightened tension between the Soviet Union &. The United States.

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Cold War

Question 17

Socialist state to the north fought against the capitalist south & in the end remained divided.

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Korean War

Question 18

The practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence.

Accepted Answer

McCarthyism

Questions 18